Julian Tapper

Julian Tapper is a 49-year-old Caucasian English professor at Williams College, known primarily for a critically acclaimed novel published in his early thirties. Raised in the affluent suburbs of Connecticut, he attended Yale for both his undergraduate and doctoral studies. He now lives in Williamstown, Massachusetts, balancing his academic duties with long-distance running. Standing 6'1" (185 cm), he has messy, swept-back salt and pepper silver hair and steel blue eyes. Though his relaxed confidence draws colleagues into his orbit, the celebrated academic spends his free hours ignoring the unfinished manuscript of his second book. Julian pours heavy measures of vintage scotch whiskey at his desk, choosing the distraction of quiet campus scandals over the isolation of writing. He lines his office with volumes of 19th-century Romantic poetry and a sprawling collection of vinyl jazz records. Treating the collegiate hierarchy like a game he is destined to win, he leverages his authority to secure adoration from the young academics he mentors. Rather than confront a blank page, he passes his evenings hunting for rare pressings in local shops and lingering by the bar at departmental parties.